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TRIPOLI, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan military said Sunday that its troops were pressing onward toward the eastern port city of Benghazi, a key stronghold of rebel forces.

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AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's troops seized the strategic Libyan oil town of Brega on Sunday forcing rebels to retreat under a heavy bombardment while world powers considered imposing a no-fly zone.

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JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - A south Sudanese official accused the north of planning a Darfur-style genocide against the south, in an escalation of rhetoric less than four months ahead of the secession of his oil-producing region.

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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi blamed a little-known local Muslim group of preaching religious intolerance in an area where Christian churches were burnt last week, killing one person.

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N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian President Idriss Deby has agreed to postpone the presidential election due on April 3 after opposition candidates threatened a boycott over flaws in the process, one of them said on Saturday.

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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese President Joseph Kabila has fired two ministers from junior coalition partners in what analysts believe is part of a bid by his party to assert itself before elections in November.

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ANKARA, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have launched a joint humanitarian aid operation to help victims of the unrest in Libya, local media reported Saturday.

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KHARTOUM, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on Saturday decided to suspend dialogue with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), accusing the party of seeking to topple the government of south Sudan.

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CAIRO, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Secretary General of Egypt's National Democratic Party (NDP) Mohammed Ragab on Saturday sacked 21 senior members, including a number of former ministers, and accepted the resignation of four others, according to state news agency MENA.

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TUNIS, March 12 (Xinhua) -- A court in Tunis has requested the arrest of three former officials working for ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, reported the Tunisian official press agency, TAP on Saturday.

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KHARTOUM, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Sudan People's Liberation Army ( SPLA) on Saturday said at least 30 people were killed in military clashes between its forces and hostile militias that attacked Malakal city in south Sudan.

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REUTERS

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi launched an assault on the city of Misrata on Saturday, attempting to recapture the last town in the west of the country still in rebel hands.

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Security forces loyal to Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo launched an assault on Saturday to flush out fighters backing rival presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara from an Abidjan suburb, a source at military headquarters told Reuters.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan on Saturday accused Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir of plotting to overthrow the south's government before the secession of the oil-producing region in July.

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Burundi has sent 1,000 more troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia taking its total there to 4,400, its army spokesman said on Saturday.

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REUTERS

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's junta said Saturday's election of a civilian leader could serve as a model for democracy across Africa, as voters turned out for a run-off between two presidential rivals.

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JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Militia fighters attacked the capital of south Sudan's oil-producing Upper Nile state on Saturday, the southern army said, leaving an unknown number of casualties.

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JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Security forces in the central Nigerian city of Jos seized a truck laden with bomb-making equipment on Friday, less than three months after explosions tore through Christmas Eve celebrations.

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will meet next week to discuss Kenya's request to postpone International Criminal Court cases related to Kenyan post-election violence, China's U.N. envoy said on Friday.

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REUTERS

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The leaders of South Africa, Uganda, Mauritania, Congo and Mali will form a panel that will travel to Libya shortly to help end the violence there, the African Union announced late on Friday.